Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Nets power-play goal in loss
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Caufield scored a power-play goal on two shots and went minus-4 in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Capitals in Game 4.
Caufield put the Canadiens ahead 2-1 in the second period. The winger has three goals, one assist, 21 shots on net and a minus-4 rating over four playoff outings, with two of his three tallies coming on the power play. The Canadiens have had success on the power play and through the top line, but the Capitals' superior depth has enabled Washington to take a 3-1 series lead.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Strikes on power play
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Caufield scored a power-play goal on five shots in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Capitals in Game 1.
Caufield has four goals and four assists over his last 10 contests. He hasn't recorded a multi-point effort since March 15 versus the Panthers, but Caufield's consistency on the top line and first power-play unit make him an important part of the Canadiens' offense. He finished the regular season with his first 70-point campaign (37 goals, 33 assists) while adding 240 shots on net and a plus-9 rating over 82 appearances.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Ties game Tuesday
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Caufield scored a goal on two shots in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Red Wings.
Caufield's tally tied the score at 1-1 late in the second period, and the surging Canadiens would rally in the third to pick up their sixth straight win. The 24-year-old winger has three goals and one assist during the winning streak. He's at 37 goals, 67 points, 229 shots on net, 65 hits, 31 blocked shots and a plus-10 rating over 78 contests as a fixture on the top line.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Keeps padding career goal total
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Caufield scored a goal in a 4-1 win over Boston on Thursday.
Caufield's goal stood as the game-winner and pushed his career-best marks to 35 goals and eight game-winners. He's the first Canadiens player to score 35 goals in a season since Max Pacioretty in 2016-17. Additionally, Caufield's next point will give him 66 on the season, which would be a new career mark. With his talent, he should be a perennial top-10 NHL sniper for years to come.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Puts away goal Thursday
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Caufield scored a goal in Thursday's 6-4 loss to the Flyers.
Caufield ended a four-game goal drought with his third-period tally. The 24-year-old winger has had the occasional dry spell this season but has mostly been consistent in a top-six role. He's up to 34 goals, 63 points, 211 shots on net, 58 hits and a plus-6 rating through 71 appearances. He needs three more points to set a career high.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Sends helper Wednesday
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Caufield recorded an assist and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Caufield continues to excel on the Canadiens' top line. The winger set up a Juraj Slafkovsky go-ahead goal in the second period Wednesday, giving Caufield at least one point in eight of his last nine games. In that span, he's earned six goals and four assists. The 24-year-old is up to 32 goals, 27 helpers, 194 shots on net, 52 hits and a plus-4 rating across 65 appearances. He's six points back of matching his career-best 65 from last season, which took him all 82 contests to achieve.
Caufield scored a power-play goal on three shots and blocked two shots in Monday's 4-3 overtime win over the Sabres.
Caufield reached the 30-goal mark with the opening tally in this contest. He surged to the milestone mark -- the American winger has four goals and two assists over his last five games. For the season, the 24-year-old is up to 55 points, 179 shots on net, 47 hits, 26 blocked shots and a minus-2 rating. His goal-scoring is fueling a career year, and he's still got time to take a run at the 40-goal mark.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two points including OT winner
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Caufield scored the game-winning goal in overtime and added an assist in Thursday's 4-3 victory over the Sharks.
It was Caufield's fifth game-winner of the season, and the tally gave him 28 goals on the campaign, tying his career high. The 24-year-old winger has gotten onto the scoresheet in all three games since the 4 Nations Face-Off, and on the season, he's accumulated 53 points over 59 appearances, putting him on pace to reach 70 points for the first time.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Finds twine early Saturday
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Caufield scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Senators.
Caufield has gone eight games without a multi-point effort. He was still able to make an early impact, giving the Canadiens a 2-0 lead at 4:28 of the first period. Caufield is up to 27 goals -- one shy of his career high -- and 50 points while adding 173 shots on net, 43 hits and a minus-3 rating over 57 appearances. He's well on his way to a career year, which could see him push for the 40-goal and 75-point marks if he finishes strong.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Hits scoresheet in win
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Caufield had an assist, two shots on net and one block in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Stars.
Caufield's pretty pass from behind the goal line set up Juraj Slafkovsky, who had a wide open net to tie the game at 1-1, just 47 seconds after Dallas took the lead. Caufield has been rolling with 13 points over the last 11 outings and has not gone more than one game without a point since Nov. 11, a stretch of 29 games.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Keeps rolling with two points
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Caufield scored a goal on three shots, added an assist and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Utah.
Caufield has scored in seven of his last nine games while adding three assists in that span. More recently, he has three multi-point efforts over his last four contests. The 24-year-old winger was excellent throughout the first half of the campaign and is showing no signs of slowing down. He's at 24 goals -- four off his career high -- while adding 18 assists, 128 shots on net, 35 hits, 14 PIM and an even plus-minus rating over 43 appearances. This is likely to be a career year for Caufield as long as he stays healthy.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two points against Vancouver
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Caufield scored an even-strength goal and added a power-play assist in Monday's 5-4 overtime win over the Canucks.
The 24-year-old wasted little time extending his goal streak to four games, as Caufield snapped a shot past Kevin Lankinen from the slot just 67 seconds into the first period. Caufield hasn't gone back-to-back games without getting onto the scoresheet since early November, an impressive run of consistency, and he's racked up five goals and 13 points over the last 12 contests. He already has 22 goals through 40 appearances on the season, leaving him just six tallies shy of reaching the career-best 28 he scored in 2023-24.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores vs. Chicago
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Caufield scored a goal on seven shots in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Blackhawks.
Caufield has been playing at a high level recently and found the back of the net for the third time across his last four outings. Furthermore, he's cracked the scoresheet in all but two of his past 10 games, tallying 10 points (three goals, seven helpers) in that stretch.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Snaps goal drought
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Caufield scored a goal on three shots in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Panthers.
Caufield got behind Aaron Ekblad and redirected a feed from Juraj Slafkovsky for Montreal's final goal. The tally snapped a seven-game goal drought for Caufield, who did have seven assists during that stretch. He remains Montreal's goal leader with 18 tallies over 35 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Helps twice in loss
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Caufield had two assists, four shots on net, four hits and two PIM in Monday's 5-4 loss to the Blue Jackets.
Caufield has seven assists over his last five outings, giving him 13 assists along with 17 goals. The four hits were a season high, but physicality typically isn't part of his game. Caufield remains the team leader in tallies but has gone a season-long seven games (17 shots) without one. The normally productive first line has slumped of late with just three goals over the last nine games.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Draws power-play assist
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Caufield logged a power-play assist, three shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Friday's 4-3 win over the Red Wings.
Caufield's numbers are evening out a bit -- after being almost nothing but goals early on, he's now racked up five helpers over the last five games without scoring in that span. His latest assist was on a Patrik Laine tally in the third period Friday. Caufield has been excellent overall with 17 goals, 13 assists, 87 shots on net, 28 hits and a minus-4 rating through 32 appearances, and 10 of his 30 points have come on the power play. He should have no trouble staying in a top-line role.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Slings pair of assists in win
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Caufield had two assists, one on the power-play and one at even strength, in Tuesday's 6-1 win over the Sabres. He also had two shots on net.
Caufield, who logged his eighth multi-point game of the season, extended a point streak to three games, during which he has four assists. Outside of one four-game point-less stretch, the forward has not gone more than one game without hitting the scoresheet in 2024-25. He's up to 29 points (nine on the power play) over 31 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Slides assist in loss
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Caufield had an assist, two shots on net and one hit in Thursday's 9-2 loss to the Penguins.
Caufield stepped in front of a lazy pass out near the blue line and led a rush that resulted in a goal barely over two minutes into the game. He makes headlines for his scoring ability -- Caufield has 17 goals with a 21.5 shooting percentage -- but the forward can also dish. Eight of his nine assists this season have come in his last 12 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores 17th goal of season
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Caufield notched a goal and an assist in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Capitals.
Caufield remains one of the most productive forwards for Montreal, and he leads the team in goals by a wide margin with 17. The 23-year-old has found the back of the net five times in his last six outings, a span in which he's also posted three assists, a plus-2 rating, 26 shots, eight hits and three blocked shots.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Lights lamp twice in loss
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Caufield scored two goals on five shots on net, adding a block and a hit in Sunday's 6-3 loss to Boston.
Caufield found the back of the net for a third straight game. An Arber Xhekaj shot caromed in off Caufield's leg, and the winger later snuck a shot through Jeremy Swayman's legs to cut the deficit to 5-3. The two goals increased Caufield's season total to 16 (tied for third in NHL) through 24 outings.
